Ronny Deila has long way to go to win over fans

Kevin McCarra

Saturday November 29 2014, 12.01am, The Times

Kevin McCarra

Saturday November 29 2014, 12.01am, The Times

Celtic emerged from the Europa League group stage with as much as chagrin as joy. The 3-1 loss to Salzburg in Glasgow could not prevent Ronny Deila from declaring that this was the peak so far in his career in management. It made you wonder if he was the one person in the Celtic staff experiencing bliss. Those walking back to the city centre sounded like men who had been given a reprieve.

Few anticipated that the Romanian side, Astra Giurgiu, would take their first win in the group by bringing down Dynamo Zagreb before a spectral attendance of just 1,000. Good fortune, however, has not yet been banned as an illegal substance. Celtic, too, can insist that they had given a reasonably good account